Tag: ELTWeekly

Vol. 4 Issue 1. – ELT Resource: Jamie Keddie’s Lessonstream.org

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#1 | January 2, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Lessonstream is TEFLclips with a facelift. Launched in 2011, it is a place for Jamie Keddie to share his lesson plans and teaching ideas. Most activities that are posted make use of visual material, especially online video. Content is published with a creative commons license… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 1. – ELT Resource: Jamie Keddie’s Lessonstream.org

Vol. 4 Issue 1. – Article: ‘Ideas and Activities for Teaching Poetry’ by Pankhuri Bhatia

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#1 | January 2, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 Beauty, as it is often said, cannot be bound by words. But the fact of the truth remains that beauty can easily be encaptured in words, hats off to the poets and their immortal poetry. We mortals, since time immemorial have been witness to… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 1. – Article: ‘Ideas and Activities for Teaching Poetry’ by Pankhuri Bhatia

Vol. 4 Issue 1. – Article: Using news articles

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#1 | January 1, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 The BBC TeachingEnglish Editor says, “Topical news stories are a great source of teaching material. This article presents different ways to exploit news reports in the classroom and focuses on raising the level of involvement and participation that the students have in the lesson.… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 1. – Article: Using news articles

Vol. 4 Issue 1. – Research Article: ‘Julian Barnes’s Arthur and George: A reader’s postmodern experience’ by Lic. Susana Del Buono

ELTWeekly Vol. 4 Issue#1 | January 2, 2012 | ISSN 0975-3036 After eighteen months of supreme inspiration a book is born. It seems to be like any other volume, but thicker, and its three hundred and fifty seven pages printed in minute fonts may discourage many busy postmodern readers. At first sight, what strikes us… Continue reading Vol. 4 Issue 1. – Research Article: ‘Julian Barnes’s Arthur and George: A reader’s postmodern experience’ by Lic. Susana Del Buono

ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#108

ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#108 | December 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 Article Review: ‘Curriculum Renewal and INSET in the Difficult Circumstances’ by Pierre Kouraoyo – Reviewed by Thirunavukkarasu Karunakaran Upcoming Conference: ‘Language and Literature: Challenges in an Aliterate Age’ November 2012, Sultanate of Oman Video: Breaking Bad Teaching Habits – TEFL Videos.com Video: Teaching tips –… Continue reading ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#108

#108, Latest Articles on EnglishTeachingDaily.com

ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#108 | December 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 The following articles have been posted on EnglishTeachingDaily.com in past two days. EnglishClub Article: Teacher Taboos EnglishClub Article: Teaching Grammar In Business English Classes News: Council names 2011 Teachers of the Year Teachers Do More with Less But Learning Losses Inevitable News: 250 Teachers in… Continue reading #108, Latest Articles on EnglishTeachingDaily.com

#108, Video: Breaking Bad Teaching Habits – TEFL Videos.com

ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#108 | December 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 This video shows three negative teaching habits: talking to the board, echoing student comments, and interrupting students to supply answers. The teacher demonstrates alternative behaviors to help you change these ineffective approaches.

#108, Article: Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciation

ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#108 | December 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 Adrian Underhill says, “I often see the Sound Foundations chart (you can see it below) in classrooms, and teachers using it to bring pronunciation into the central arena of language work. But sometimes teachers say they have not been introduced to a basic method for… Continue reading #108, Article: Core activities for using the chart to integrate pronunciation

#108, Article: Global English and the teaching of pronunciation

ELTWeekly Vol. 3 Issue#108 | December 19 | ISSN 0975-3036 The TE Editor says, “The emergence of so many different kinds (or ‘varieties’) of international English has caused a number of linguists to question the use of native speaker pronunciation models in the teaching of English. This article presents my research into the pronunciation of… Continue reading #108, Article: Global English and the teaching of pronunciation